Hogshead and method of using same



Augflfi, 1938. E. L. SNOW ET AL 2,127,435

HOGSHEAD AND METHOD OF USING- SAME Filed April 5, 193"? 3mm: EARLY L. 5Now AND EHIQNEJT L. BHEKLEYJR.

f ni izta Patented Aug. 16,1938 7 t PATENT QFFICE HOGSHEAD AND METHOD OF USING SAME Early L. snow and Earnest it. Barkley, he, Winston-Salem, N. C.

Application April 5, 1937, Serial No. 134,942

1 Claim. (Cl. 2117-72) This invention relates to a shipping container Figure 2 is a sectional, plan view taken along and more especially to a hogshead in which conline 2--2 in Figure 1; tents such as tobacco are adapted to be packed. Figure 3 is a sectional, detail view taken along More particularly, the invention relates to a toline 33 in Figure 1;

bacco hogshead, comprising two sections which Figure 4 is a fragmentary, sectional view with 5 are hingedly united to each other for the purportions of the hinge shown in elevation, and poses of assembling and dismantling, and having taken along line 4-4 in Figure 1;

heads held in place by the closing of the two Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of a sections. v junction section between the two halves of the ill It is a well known fact that after tobacco has hogshead showing the means for securing the been placed in a hogshead under considerable same together. pressure that it is necessary to inspect the con Referring more specifically to the drawing, the tents therein, at certain times, to determine the numerals ill and II denote the halves or sections state of the tobacco. It is therefore necessary to of a container both of said sections comprising a provide means whereby a portion of the hogshead plurality of staves l3, which are secured together 15 may be opened without permanently disturbing intermediate their ends by semi-circular bands the staves or head members therein and which it. The bands are secu ed to he st e y y may be replaced to original position. suitable means such as nails l5. Secured to the It is therefore, an object of this invention to uppe and lower e o e halves and 0 provide a, hogshead comprising a. top and bottom and On the interior thereof are binder strips i6, head portion secured between two semi-circular said strips be secured to the staves y halves with means for hingedly securing said nails T e nails W eO D e w th ls semi-circular halves together. which are driven from the outer side of the hogs- It is a further object of this invention to prohe nd h u h e pp r d l wer semi-cirvide a hogshead of the class described with a cular bands it, (Figure 3), to d the ds of 25 binder strip secured permanently at the upper the staves l3 between members M and HS. and lower ends of the halves, which strips nor- Each end of band I4 in the semi-circular secmally hold a pair of heads in position and in ion It h a hinge l af 20 secur h r o y contact with the tobacco placed therebetween. y su ab e means Such as bolts 2!. This leaf By permanently securing these binder strips to has a projection 0a integral therewith w e 30 the halves, in combination with two detachably le 22 therein, said projection being ad p to secured barrel sections, it is possible to allow the t between a p O P j s Me o hinge leaf two sections to be disconnected at their upper it. The pr jections Ma have holes 25 therein ends while the packing operation is taking place. which are adapted to coincide with the holes 22 When it is desired to insert the head therein, the when the halves are in asse position- W 35 outward bulge of the tobacco a it i being pressed the holes are in a coinciding relation suitable pins downwardly into the hogshead along with the 26 are inserted therein, each of said pins being head portion by a suitable press, will cause the h d in p si n by ny s i bl means such as a upper end of the hogshead to flare outwardly Getter P penetrating its S a end. e

40 sufficiently to allow the head portion to move hinge leaf N is secured to e n N by olts 8- 40 downwardly past the binder strips. After this Suitable ply-W heed p n 30 r d p d is done suitable bands or chains are placed around to be posi in the pp n l wer ends of the upper portion of the hogshead and a pull i said hogshead between the binder strips It when exerted thereon to restore the upper portionthereth sa e is fi ed- Tobaceo or other material is of to a converged'norrnal position so that the packed between these head portions d w t 5 upper ends of the halves can be secured together. the halves Secured o the in the manner shown At this time the binder strips will prevent the in Figures 1 end the head portions will e eld head portions from escaping from the ends of in p e- During e packing pe tio t is (18-- the hogshead under the pressure of the tobacco. Sireble to leave the uppe mo t h nges (Figure 1) s me f the objects of th i v ti having disconnected. After the desired quantity of ma- 50 been stated, other objects will appear as the deterial has been placed therein and it is desired scription proceeds, when taken in connection with to place the top head ill in position, a suitable the accompanying drawing, in whichpress is used to press the tobacco or material Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention downwardly along with this head portion 3|]. with a portion thereof broken away; The pressure necessary to compress the material 55 in the hogshead will be sufiicient to cause the upper portion of sections l0 and II to flare outwardly a sufllcient amount to allow the periphery of the head 30 to pass between the binder strips l6. When this head portion has been pressed below the binder strips IS the suitable chain is wrapped around the upper portion of the hogshead and the hinge leaves 20 and 25 are drawn together so that the pins 26 can be inserted therein. In this position, the head 30 cannot escape from the hogshead as a result of the back pressure exerted by the tobacco. Also, since the head portions are constructed of ply-wood comprising layers 30a and 30b and "c, the heads can be made of much less material thereby eliminating objectionable weight of the hogshead.

When it is desired to inspect the tobacco packed in the hogshead the pins can be removed from the two hoops adjacent one end and the halves separated to allow removal of the head, after which the hogshead can be sealed as above-outlined.

In the drawing and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claim.

We claim:

A hogshead comprising two semi-circular sections having semi-circular hoops secured on their exteriors, the ends of said hoops having a pair of projections on one end and a central single projection on their other ends adapted to fit between a pair of projections on an adjacent end of a complementary hoop section, pins disposed in said projections to hold the hogshead in closed position, each end of each semi-circular section having a strip secured on the inside surface thereof near their ends, and a unitary head member disposed on the inside of each of said strips, either of said heads being removable by removing the pins from the proximate semi-circular hoop members.

- EARLY L. SNOW.

EARNEST L. BARKLEY, JR. 

